Apron



D'ec. 9, 1941.

J. FIEDLER APRo'N Filed Jan. 17, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTO R N EYS wrmsgs Dec. 9, 1941. J. FIEDLER I 2,265,690,

APRON Filed Jan. 17, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lliill I..|.

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IiiIII n Patented Dec. 9, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APRON q Josephine Fiedler, Ledger, Mont. Application January 17, 1940, seriai'No. 314,343

1 Claim.

The invention relates to an apron and more especially to a tray-forming kitchen apron.

VThe primary object of the invention is the provision of an apron of this character wherein in the use thereof when preparing vegetables, fruits or other edibles, especially when peeling, paring or slicing the vegetables or fruit or the cleaning or otherwise preparing of the same, the waste or the prepared vegetables, fruits or the like will not fall upon the floor but will be caught in a receiver constituting a part of the apron and in this manner relieving the user of the latter of excessive labor resultant from the spilling of the work as often occurs without the Wearing of the apron.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apron of this character wherein the waste or other matter caught therein during the preparation of vegetables, fruits or the like for the subsequent cooking or serving thereof can be handled and dumped into a garbage receptacle Without liability of the scattering of the waste or the soiling of the clothing of a person active in the preparation of the said vegetables, fruits or the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apron of this character wherein the construction permits of the setting up of the same for wearing and the collapsing or folding into compact condition when not in use and also conditioning the same for storage in the least possible space.

. A still further object of the invention is the provision of an apron of this character, which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and ecient in operation, convenient, easily handled, possessed of lasting qualities or maximum wear, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, i1- lustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred and modied forms of embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an apron constructed in accordance with the invention and in position for the wearing thereof and for use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal I sectional View through the apron.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the apron disclosing its pattern prior to the setting up of the same for use.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. y

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a modified form of apron set up for use.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3 disclosingl the pattern of the modified form thereof shown in Figure 5 and collapsed.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'I-I of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a sectional View taken on the line 8 8 of Figure 5.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional View taken` on the line 9-9 of Figure 5.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary side elevation of a further modication of the invention.

Figure 11 is a sectional view on the line II-I I of Figure 10.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings. f

Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention, A designates generally the apron constructed in accordance with the invention and comprises a blank of sheet-like material, preferably stiff brous kind, cut to form a collapsible tray-like body. This body includes a bottom I0, front and rear walls II' and I2, respectively, side walls I3 and extension wings or flaps I4 and I5, respectively. The walls II, I2 and I3 are foldable on weakened or crease lines I 6 following straight lines about the bottom I0. The wings or flaps I4 and I5 are foldable on weakened or crease lines I1 and I8, respectively, the flaps I4 being formed from the side Walls I3 while the flaps I5 are formed from the rear wall I2. The rear wall I2 in conjunction with the wings or flaps I5 is bevel edged for outwardly tapering formation and fastened to the smaller end of the rear wall I`2 is a flexible neck loop I9.

The tray-like body through the rear end wall I2 thereof has the latter effective as an apron portion when wearing the loop I9 about the neck of a user and on the setting up of the said traylike body, which is normally in a collapsed or unfolded condition. This apron portion, which is an extension of the rear end wall I2 of the tray-like body, is adapted to cover a body garment when worn at the front of a wearer for protection to such garment and .functions for the same purpose as the upper portion of the ordinary kitchen apron.

In the setting up of the tray-like body of the v apron, the walls I I, I2 and I3 are brought to an upstanding position with respect to the bottom I being folded on the lines I5 while the flaps I4 of the side walls I3 are brought into overlapping relation'to the front wall I I where these flaps are separably joined by snaprfasteners `20 thereto. The flaps VI4 are preferably provided with pull tabs 2| to allow for the easy separation of the snap fasteners 20 and such tabs 2I are located outwardly of the front wall II when the flaps 14 are snap fastened thereto at the outer side of the same. Theaps I are folded on the lines I1, while the flaps I4 are foldable on the lines I8. These flaps I5 lie in overlapped relation to the folded side walls I3. The crease line I6 between the bottom I0 and the rear wall CII I2 is effective as a hinge between the bottom IU and the said rear wall I2 on the wearing of the apron. Trained through a suitable hole 22 provided in each side wall I3 considerably removed from the crease line I6 between the bottom I0 and the rear wall I2 is a tie string 23 which is looped through the kflap I5, as at 25, `and permanently tied at each side of the tray-like body Y reason of the angular` disposition of the tabs I4 when the apron is set up for use, will be fastened ata forwardly inclined position, as is shown in Figure 2 of the drawings -to assure the retention of waste or substances caught in the tray-like body when a wearer of the apron isactively engaged in the Vpreparation -of vegetables,V fruits or the like ,for their consumption.

l In Figures r5 to 9 of the drawings there is shown a modification of the invention wherein the tray-like body 25 has the two side wallsZS provided with -foldable tongues 21. These tong-ues Y are V4foldable on the crease lines -28 and such are adapted to overlap eachother in the setting up of the body 25. The front wall 29 is foldable on a crease line 30 to 'be disposed inside of the tongues 21 when these are overlappedzso that it can be engaged by a fastening key 3| releasably insert/able in a keeper loop 32, accommodated in` the front'wa'll 2-9 and in suitable openings in' the tongues `21fthereby fastening together theV said tongues and front wall.y The bottom 25 'of the tray-like body has a exiblestriphinge y33 connecting it to the [rear wall 34 having an apronlike formation. The outer faces of the aps 35 are provided with. staples `3E which encircle the segmental plates 36', carried Aby the inner faces of the side Walls 26, whereby the rear wall 34 is maintained in its adjusted position in respect to the main body portion. In other words, the

rear wall 34 and the tray-like body 25 are susceptible of movements relative to each other.

The rear Wall 34 has attached thereto tie strings 31 for fastening about the body of a wearer in the use of the apron and in this fashion the latter is harnessed to such wearer.

In Figures 10 and 11 of the drawings there is shown a further` modification of the invention whereinV the uppermost free edges of the walls of the tray-like body are protected and reinforced by a tape-like binder or edge strip 43 of `fabric kind.

jointure of the said flaps 21 with each other.,

. without joining the front wall 297therewith.v vThis is accomplished by removing the key 3I from the keepervloop V32 and disengaging the latter from the front wall 29, which frees the latter, and engaging the said keeper loop'wi-th the clearances provided in theflaps 21 and .thereafter.inserting` the pin 3| in the keeper loop, which will fastenV the said iiaps 21 together so that the front wall 29 can be opened. On the opening of the frontL wall 29, the contents of the tray-like body can. be Vreadily dumped or discharged therefrom through the front end of Athe said body as the flaps 21 create a discharge clearance below the overlappedportions of these flaps.

The apron, when setup for use for thepurposes before mentioned, enables the collectingor trap,- ping of waste and also permits of the convenient dumping of the waste into a garbage'freceptacle as well as the collapsing of the apron :so that; it can lbe placed in the least possible space; for' storage or when not in use. Y z y vWhat .is claimed is: i

An apron comprising a tray-likebody.formecl.l from a suitably stiffened sheet of material and including'b'ottom, front `and rear; and side walls', the rear'wal'l extending substantially abovethe side walls, a neck engaging `loop connected to they upper end ofthe rear wall, flaps extendingifrom opposite. edges of the rear wall in Ym/'erlapping f relation tothe sidewalla'sand adjustable .connec-S., tions between said flaps and zside walls kforvaryirig the angular relation Abetween the rear'and bottom?` wai-ls. 

